January 2009
104 posts
define limelight
Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of lime (calcium oxide), which can be raised to 2572°C before melting.
December 2008
74 posts
Q&A with a Somali Pirate →
Underground City: Deep Down into Derinkuyu →
dailymeh:
Awesome. Alan Weisman:
No one knows how many underground cities lie beneath Cappadocia. Eight have been discovered, and many smaller villages, but there are doubtless more. The biggest, Derinkuyu, wasn’t discovered until 1965, when a resident cleaning the back wall of his cave house broke through a wall and discovered behind it a room that he’d never seen, which led to still another,...
nicetranslator.com →
livejamie: This service lives up to its name
MillerCoors to stop selling Sparks →
i am outraged. what a load of shit. honestly - i drink sparks so that i don’t over drink. a couple sparks and i can have a fun night without drinking myself stupid(er). so, no energy alcohol drinks? none? oh i am sad. really truly sad. let’s hope other countries are not as stupid as ours and we can start smuggling in the good stuff.
“…because emptiness is filling the whole continent from the Atlantic to the...”
– Tropic of Capricorn -Henry Miller (via tancordoba)
more on the Marchesa
“Disregarded by her husband, Luisa began an extramarital affair with Gabriele D’Annunzio, Europe’s most infamous writer. Typically, once he began such a liaison, the rakish D’Annunzio baptized his paramour-of-the-moment with a nickname. Luisa was no exception: he dubbed her “Kore,” after the goddess Persephone who, according to Greek myth, was transformed from virginal maid into the Queen of...
I CAN'T STOP READING THIS ARTICLE →
2008 NY TIMES YEAR IN IDEAS
via robhuebel
Trailer for Herb and Dorothy, a documentary about... →
glynnis:
“He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history.” (via cp)
what a lovely story.
